Senate Bill No. 223
(By Senator Dittmar)
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[Introduced January 31, 1995; referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-a,
relating to licensing wildlife damage control agents;
authority of agents; imposition, collection and deposit of
fees; and promulgation of rules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-a, to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-50a. Wildlife damage control agents; licensing.
The director may issue a license to a person to act as a
wildlife damage control agent. Unless otherwise prohibited by law,
any person licensed as a wildlife damage control agent, acting
pursuant to the license and subject to the rules promulgated by the
director, is authorized to take and dispose of wildlife found by
the wildlife damage control agent to be creating a nuisance in or
around homes, businesses and other places where the presence of
wildlife may be a nuisance. The director is authorized to impose
and collect fees when issuing this license and the fees shall be
deposited in the nongame wildlife fund. The director shall
promulgate rules, pursuant to article three, chapter twenty-nine-a
of this code, governing the issuance and use of the license and
setting fees.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the director
to issue a license to a person to act as a wildlife damage control
agent.)